Recently Funded Startups in Riyadh
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 193 funded startups in Riyadh, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Riyadh, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Riyadh closed 130 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 69 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $3.6B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $4.8M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.5M and $25M.
Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence lead this market. Early stage labels dominate the mix. Local venture capital firms drive the activity, creating a concentrated pool of capital. This concentration means a few key partners control access to the most active founders. Success here depends on knowing which specific firms hold the most influence over these early rounds.
Riyadh funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Riyadh funding rounds: 500 Global, Impact46, Elm, Oqal, Sanabil.
100 most recently funded startups in Riyadh
100 of 193Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Riyadh startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Riyadh closed 130 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 69 of them in the last 12, adding up to $3.6B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $4.8M, with the middle half running from $1.5M to $25M. 104 of 130 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 33. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
500 Global, Impact46 and Elm appear most often across funded startups in Riyadh on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Riyadh
Sector counts across all 193 tracked companies in Riyadh. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in Riyadh startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Riyadh.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Riyadh
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Riyadh break down by stage.
A further 41 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Riyadh startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 193 funded startups in Riyadh currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (26 of 130 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Riyadh is dated Oct 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Riyadh?
FundedIQ tracks 193 funded startups in Riyadh. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Riyadh raised?
Startups in Riyadh tracked by FundedIQ have raised $3.6B in disclosed capital across 130 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 69 rounds in the last 12 months. 104 of those 130 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Riyadh?
Financial Services has the most, with 33 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (31), Commerce and Shopping (15) and Information Technology (13). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Riyadh?
500 Global, Impact46, Elm, Oqal and Sanabil appear most often across funded startups in Riyadh in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Riyadh?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $4.8M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.5M and $25M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Riyadh?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 40 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (29) and Series A (14). A further 41 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Riyadh startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Riyadh is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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